Table 3.
Neurochemical concentrations
| Neurochemical | Sedentary N = 27 |
Endurance- trained N = 28 |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| mI/Cr (frontal) | 0.83 ± 0.12 | 0.84 ± 0.12 | 0.787 |
| Glu/Cr (frontal) | 1.50 ± 0.13 | 1.52 ± 0.17 | 0.621 |
| Cho/Cr (frontal) | 0.29 ± 0.04 | 0.30 ± 0.05 | 0.220 |
| NAA/Cr (frontal) | 1.25 ± 0.12 | 1.32 ± 0.10 | 0.024* |
| mI/Cr (occipitoparietal) | 0.65 ± 0.09 | 0.67 ± 0.08 | 0.306 |
| Glu/Cr (occipitoparietal) | 1.41 ± 0.15 | 1.47 ± 0.15 | 0.146 |
| Cho/Cr (occipitoparietal) | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.028* |
| NAA/Cr (occipitoparietal) | 1.47 ± 0.13 | 1.51 ± 0.08 | 0.180 |
*
p < 0.05